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Kentucky health officials have identified at least 13 new measles cases as part of an ongoing outbreak of the virulent disease.
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Tennessee executed Anthony “Darrell” Hines on Thursday morning. He was convicted of murder for the 1985 killing of Catherine Jean Jenkins. -
Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical emergencies without calling 911. -
The new majors are part of larger computer science programs and come as AI is more widely adopted across many sectors.
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Opening arguments are underway in a trial that pits four states against the company that owns Facebook and Instagram. They allege that Meta knew its products could hook kids — and lied about the danger.
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